{"id":1068,"date":"2020-04-14T01:18:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T05:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ilj\/?page_id=1068"},"modified":"2024-10-09T13:45:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T17:45:16","slug":"tanzania","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ilj\/archives\/tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Foundations of the Law of Evidence and Their Implications for Developing Countries<\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Conference at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, November 21 and 22, 2014<\/h4>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">This page represents the final installment of the <i>Boston University International Law Journal<\/i>&#8216;s\u00a0three-part series concerning Professor Allen&#8217;s proposed reforms to the Tanzania Evidence Act.\u00a0 Upon submitting the final draft of his proposed evidence code and report to the Law Reform Commission of Tanzania for consideration, Professor Allen and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted a conference on evidence law reform in developing countries.\u00a0 Conference participants were invited to submit articles on evidence law reform for publication in the second issue of <i>ILJ<\/i>&#8216;s 33rd volume (2015).\u00a0 The <i>ILJ<\/i> selected four articles for publication from the conference, which, along with Professor Allen&#8217;s proposed code and report, may be found below. The other papers that were submitted for discussion at the conference have also been posted. Finally, this page includes Professor Allen&#8217;s two prior publications with the <i>ILJ<\/i> on evidence reform in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has been an honor to publish the works of Professor Allen and his team over these past three years. We at the <i>ILJ<\/i> hope that this page commemorating Professor Allen and his team&#8217;s reform efforts provides readers with meaningful insight into the complex process of evidence reform in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Proposed Final Draft: Tanzania Evidence Act 2014<\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/03\/Proposed-Final-Draft.19.pdf\">Proposed Final Draft: Tanzania Evidence Act 2014 from the Chief Consultant and Drafting Committee<\/a><br \/>\nRonald J. Allen<br \/>\nMay 7, 2014<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Reforming the Law of Evidence of Tanzania (Part Three): The Foundations of the Law of Evidence and Their Implications for Developing Countries<\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>33\u00a0<span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">B.U. Int&#8217;l L.J.<\/span> 283-394 (2015).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/04\/Allen-Introduction.pdf\">Introduction<\/a><br \/>\nRonald J. Allen<br \/>\n<em>Page 283<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/04\/Juma-Delinking-the-Law-of-Evidence-of-Tanzania.pdf\">Delinking the Law of Evidence of Tanzania from Its Indian Ancestry<\/a><br \/>\nIbrahim H. Juma<br \/>\n<em>Page 297<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/04\/Othman-An-Eclectic-Paradigm.pdf\">An Eclectic Paradigm in the Law of Evidence and Its Reform in Tanzania: Competency of a Child Witness<\/a><br \/>\nMohamed Chande Othman<br \/>\n<em>Page 313<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/04\/Park-Exporting-the-Hearsay-Provisions.pdf\">Exporting the Hearsay Provisions of the Federal Rules of Evidence<\/a><br \/>\nRoger C. Park<br \/>\n<em>Page 327<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/04\/Landsman-Are-the-Federal-Rules-of-Evidence-Dynamite.pdf\">Are the Federal Rules of Evidence Dynamite?<\/a><br \/>\nStephan Landsman<br \/>\n<em>Page 343<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/04\/Allen-A-Proposed-Evidence-Law.pdf\">A Proposed Evidence Law<\/a><br \/>\nRonald J. Allen<br \/>\n<em>Page\u00a0 359<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Additional Papers Submitted for the Conference<\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(Note: These papers have not been through the\u00a0<em>ILJ<\/em>\u00a0formal editorial review process.\u00a0 Sole responsibility for the content of these papers remains with the authors.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/03\/Cheng-Thinking-Beyond-the-Federal-Rules.pdf\">Thinking Beyond the Federal Rules<\/a><br \/>\nEdward K. Cheng<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/03\/Hoseah-The-Background-of-the-Tanzania-Law-of-Evidence-Project.pdf\">The Foundations of the Law of Evidence and Their Implications for Developing Countries: The Background of the Tanzania Law of Evidence Project<\/a><br \/>\nDr. Edward G. Hoseah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/07\/The-Conceptual-Challenge-of-Procedural-Reforms-in-Latin-America..pdf\">The Conceptual Challenge of Procedural Reforms in Latin America<\/a><br \/>\nOri\u00f3n Vargas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/03\/Zhuhao-WANG_WHY-CHINESE-WITNESSES-DO-NOT-TESTIFY-BEFORE-THE-JUDGE-IN-CRIMINAL-TRIALS.pdf\">Why Chinese Witnesses Do Not Testify at Trial in Criminal Proceedings<\/a><br \/>\nZhuhao Wang<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/03\/Baosheng-Zhang-Reflecting-on-Development-of-Evidence-Law-in-China.pdf\">Reflecting on Development of Evidence Law in China<\/a><br \/>\nBaosheng Zhang<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/03\/Zhong-Zhang-Practical-basis-of-evidence-legislation-in-China.pdf\">Practical Basis of Evidence Legislation in China<\/a><br \/>\nZhong Zhang<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Reforming the Law of Evidence of Tanzania: Parts One and Two<\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2015\/03\/Allen-Reforming-the-Law-of-Evidence-of-Tanzania-Part-One.pdf\">Reforming the Law of Evidence of Tanzania (Part One): The Social and Legal Challenges<\/a><br \/>\nRonald J. Allen, Timothy Fry, Jessica Notebaert, &amp; Jeff VanDam<br \/>\n32 <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">B.U. Int&#8217;l L.J.<\/span> 217 (2013).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ilj\/files\/2014\/05\/ALLEN-et-al-Reforming-the-Law-of-Evidence-of-Tanzania.pdf\">Reforming the Law of Evidence of Tanzania (Part Two): Conceptual Overview and Practical Steps<\/a><br \/>\nRonald J. Allen, Timothy Fry, Jessica Notebaert, &amp; Jeff VanDam<br \/>\n32 <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">B.U. 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